Rajkot: A 47-year-old pesticide manufacturer from Tankara taluka of Morbi district was allegedly defrauded of Rs 84.80 lakh after being lured into a fraudulent stock trading scheme operated through a messaging group and a deceptive mobile application.According to the police complaint filed by Vignesh Parmar, the scam began in Feb 2025. Parmar stated that he…
Rajkot: A 22-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife and battered her head with a stone before leaving her body on railway tracks near Jetalsar in Rajkot district in an attempt to pass off the murder as a train accident.Virpur police registered an FIR against the accused, Dipak Shingar, for murder on Monday,According to the complaint…
Chemical analysis reports from the directorate of forensic science in Gandhinagar, conclusively identified the seized plants Rajkot: A special NDPS court in Junagadh convicted a 62-year-old man, Narsi Khakhas, sentencing him to eight years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 25,000 for illegally growing cannabis at his home.The verdict was pronounced by additional…
Rajkot: A long-running dispute linked to suspicions of an extramarital affair ended in the deaths of two men in Mundra, Kutch, on Monday evening. Police registered cross-complaints alleging murder and launched an investigation into rival accounts of the violence.The deceased were identified as 42-year-old Jaypalsinh Sarvaiya and Prakash Suthar.Police said the dispute centred on friction…
Rajkot: An additional sessions court in Keshod, Junagadh district, sentenced a 30-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a woman, who had to abort the resultant fetus at 24 weeks, after she drank acid in a bid to end her life.The court relied on forensic DNA evidence that established that the convict was the biological…
Rajkot: The Morbi district Congress committee will organise a ‘Khedut Aakrosh Mahasabha‘ (farmers’ protest rally) near Sanala village in Morbi on Thursday, to highlight growing agrarian distress across Saurashtra. The rally will raise the issues of crop losses due to inadequate rainfall, irrigation water shortages, rising agricultural input costs and the mounting debts on farmers.Farmers…
The team conducted a surprise inspection at the warehouse of Savay Milk Products Palanpur: The Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA), Banaskantha, seized 188 litres of suspected adulterated ghee worth approximately Rs 1.22 lakh during a raid on a warehouse in Deesa.The team conducted a surprise inspection at the warehouse of Savay Milk Products, located…
Rajkot: A 42-year-old woman was allegedly duped of Rs 26 lakh by a group of people who promised to secure bail for her husband, arrested in connection with an alleged embezzlement of around Rs 2 crore in Gondal. The accused claimed the money would be paid to police, court and jail officials to ensure his…
Rajkot: A 35-year-old teacher in a private school allegedly died by suicide after setting himself ablaze at his residence in Rajkot on Sunday. Malaviyanagar police have registered a case of accidental death and started investigation.The deceased, Mitesh Teraiya, lived with his sister and brother-in-law near Ranuja Temple on Kotharia Road. He worked as a teacher…
Palanpur: Three people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed and three others seriously injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles near Silasan Patiya in Bhiloda taluka of Aravalli district on Saturday night.Following the collision, both vehicles were thrown across the road. Two victims, including the girl, died on the spot, while another succumbed to…
